In Counsel this Month

In Counsel this month:

In his last Chairman’s Column Nick Green QC reviews the events that shaped his year as Chairman and looks to the Bar’s future

Keeping up the Bar’s eye view on Parliament, and with a nod to the festive season, Charles Hale and Toby Craig discuss Christmas past, present …

Elizabeth Cleaver on the European Guidelines on Child-Friendly justice

The Bar Conference 2010 round up: David Wurtzel, Nigel Pascoe QC and Chris McWatters report on the key speeches and the workshops organised by the Criminal Bar Association, the International Committee, the Association for Women Barristers and the South Eastern Circuit

We pay tribute to Lord Bingham of Cornhill
Lord Bingham possessed intellectual qualities of a rare kind, writes Lord Justice Sedley

Professor Jeffrey Jowell QC, the inaugural Director of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law, discusses the work of the Centre which has been established in honour of Lord Bingham

Advocacy: What are the advocate’s emotional drivers when conducting a cross-examination, wonders Professor Penny Cooper

Our intrepid interviewee compares chambers’ interviews for pupillage with those conducted by City law firms for newly-qualified positions after undergoing a gruelling summer of interviews

Inquests: As the Coalition Government begins its bonfire of the quangos, the judicial office of the Chief Coroner can be found among the ashes, writes John Cooper QC

Siobhan Grey on the Tate Modern and Grey’s Inn symposium on voyeurism, privacy, censorship and surveillance

Plus, Counsel profile: Felicity Toube, 3-4 South Square

And finally, William Byfield’s secret e-diary

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